Senior writer, ESPN's enterprise team. Husband, father, grandfather and sports fan. Conventional wisdom skeptic.
Baltimore, Md.
Joined October 2009
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She's not Rosa Parks, she's not Ruby Bridges.
She's Bernita Bowlding, a mentally challenged woman who went missing for 5 days after infamous Orange Line ride.
Truth is always more complicated than our online images.
This @esilverman11 piece is haunting.
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"People who want to fix games would make it their business to cultivate relationships so these kids would be beholden to them. They make sure they are friendly with these kids, and the next thing you know they are in their world."
By @Fletchpost
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ESPN Senior Writer @Fletchpost on sports sociologist Dr. Harry Edwards, who at 82 is battling cancer. "There are no final victories," Edwards says. "There's just struggle. The only 2 things that survive are the struggle & the people & they are perpetual."
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Smile for the camera: Game officials test body cams to reduce abuses - via @Fletchpost
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A struggling neighborhood's big bet on Pimlico's future - via @ESPN @Fletchpost
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Winning a title with the @LVaces allowed @_ajawilson22 to fully realize her superpowers. That recognition could fuel a repeat as WNBA MVP and WNBA champion. andscape.com/features/the-ev…
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Please watch this 2007 interview by @Harvard_Law Professor Ogletree with co-authors Michael Fletcher @Fletchpost & Kevin Merida @meridak on their book "Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas." [3/3]
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So very honored to moderate this panel on effects of #NIL on sports coverage in @SportsAEJMC session at #AEJMC23. Grateful to all who joined us to learn from their sports writing/research expertise
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some exciting news!
next Thursday, im leading a panel discussion at #NABJ2023 called Beyond the Box Score: The Importance and Potential of Investigative Reporting in Sports.
I'll be flanked by @RobertKlemko (Washington Post) and @Fletchpost (ESPN)
see y'all there?
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Kentucky Derby, Preakness glamour obscure horse racing deaths - via @Fletchpost espn.com/horse-racing/story/…
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BREAKING: D.J. Wagner, the No. 1 recruit in the ESPN 100, has picked Kentucky over Louisville.
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A Black professor in Baltimore, bridging two worlds, in "Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore" by @lpjackson7 @GraywolfPress @Fletchpost washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…
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Cost of doing biz w China. Brooklyn Nets’ Joe Tsai supports restrictions on academic freedoms & freedom of expression in the name of “absolute stability,” also guiding his view of the #HongKong protests. “It is what it is.” Via @markfwespn & Steve. espn.com/nba/story/_/id/3372…
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Legalized sports gambling has spread to more than 30 states in almost four years. While there are companies looking for match-fixing and related corruption, where are those reports going and are regulators/states taking action? espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/33…
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The question is whether African Americans can unite--in the spirit of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s “Black Wall Street,” in the spirit of sit-ins and protests that crippled segregation--to harness our own economic path to self-empowerment, toward healing economic disparity.
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4r Da Locals. Grab a copy of the NatGeo October 2021 issue featuring my story on Black Homeownership in St. Albans, Queens beautifully written by @Fletchpost. Many thanks to @pritheeva and Maya!
